Cuba leads fight against child malnutrition

[Mika]

Cuba leads fight against child malnutrition
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=13385&news_iv_ctrl=1261

In brief

A recent report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund extols the work done by the Cuban government to combat child malnutrition. The document asserts that there is zero percent severe child malnutrition in the country.

Cuba is at the forefront of the struggle against malnutrition and hunger despite suffering from the murderous U.S. economic blockade for nearly 50 years. The key to Cuba’s success lies in the socialist organization of production and distribution of goods. This allows the government to guarantee the nutritional needs of the population.

Additionally, nutritional education campaigns have succeeded in improving the diet of the Cuban people, particularly the most susceptible sectors of society.

In contrast, researches estimate that in the United States over 13 million children under the age of 12 suffer from "food insecurity." This means that despite an immense surplus of food, one in every four children live in perpetual risk of starvation in the center of world capitalism.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. And so US political idiots think they want to privatize Cuba's own system.

Isn't that astounding?

Their children are far, far better off, physically as a group than ours.

The UN's statement should at least get attention for people who wouldn't take notice in the past.

Thank you, Mika for this REAL information.

[Braulio]

4. On the other hand

Why does Cuba have to import food?

[Judi Lynn]

6. Why do ALL the islands have to import food?

Why do US Americans in Hawaii get shocked when they learn they have to pay horrendous prices for food there, since THAT food is imported, as well?

Try to use your head, if it's not too late.

[Braulio]

7. Cuba's not Hawaii.

Sorry Judi, but I've been to Cuba, and I've looked over their problems. They have to import food because the Castro brothers head a communist regime, and agriculture was nationalized many years ago.

Raul Castro has atempted to put in some changes, similar to what the Chinese did in the 1970's and 80's, but i'm told Fidel is blocking it. Only solution is to wait for Fidel's behind to give up on him, I guess. I take it you're not aware China was also a communist nation in which people starved, until they unleashed a market economy, allowed their farmers free rein, and increased food production so much, today China exports food.

[Downwinder]

8. Like the U.S. does not have to import food. Why is it that the U.S.

cannot feed itself?

[Braulio]

9. That's interesting

The US is a net food exporter. However, the US is a mighty industrial and commercial giant - it can afford to buy whatever it wants. Not being American, I see your feeble atempts to deflect the question with amusement, so let's try it again: Cuba has little to export, little industrial base, and other than tourism, money Cubans send from the US, and Venezuelan subsidies, have miniscule income, so why is it they can't grow enough food to feed themselves? They have the land, the water, the soil, and the people. But they can't even grow the food they need.

I'll tell you what's the problem. It's ruled by incompetent fanatics who insist on implementing a system history has shown never works: communism.

[Downwinder]

11. I disagree. The US is a net exporter of agricultural items. That is not synonymous with food.

You are the expert, tell me the difference between a Collective farm and a Corporate farm. Have either developed more sustainable or conservationist farming techniques than the milpas developed by indigenous Americans many centuries ago?

I am curious as to where you are located that cash crops, centralized processing and marketing, and agro-business have not taken over. If you are in a self-sufficient food state with a balanced diet from locally grown stocks, you are very lucky.

[Braulio]

13. LOL

So you are STILL advocating collective farming? I thought communists like you were like the dinosaurs. I really can't believe this.

[Downwinder]

16. Where did I advocate collective farming? Don't they teach you to read at

that prep school?

[Braulio]

17. Yuo tell me, fancy pants

I didn't go to "prep school". I'm highly educated, but don't forget, when you were in diapers in your crib, I had been around and around, and seen a lot more of this world than you'll ever dream of.

What I do know is you have a tendency to change the subject because deep inside you, you know the communist regimes you defend perform horribly. Cuba's government is run by people whose heads are full of dung. So is Venezuela's, and Ecuador's.

In Cuba's case, collective farming and other policies have made the nation into a food importer par none - it's a nation whose people are treated like medieval serfs, and whose young women's best aspiration is to become a quality prostitute.

In Venezuela's case, the economy you tout to much is melting down, in spite of high oil prices. And these regimes you love so much abuse human rights, and ally with a bunch of thugs like the Iranians. Hell, Chavez was admiring Idi Amin in a recent speech. What's wrong with you guys, that you fail to see just how awful these regimes have become?

You know what you need to do with your life? Focus on changing the US government's foreign policy, so it stops helping Israel and turns away from imperialism and militarism. Defending evil doers around this world isn't going to help anything, all of them are garbage, man is better off with no government at all than the crap we have evolved, left or right.

[Mika]

12. "....but i'm told Fidel is blocking it...."

Some people say. :rofl:


I have spent a great deal of time there and, unlike the greatest country in the world (the USA™), there is no child malnutrition in Cuba. None.


It seems as though you are mindlessly confused over malnutrition and food importation/exportation, as evidenced by your comment ....

The US is a net food exporter. However, the US is a mighty industrial and commercial giant - it can afford to buy whatever it wants.

Indeed, the USA™ is a net exporter, and indeed can afford to buy whatever it (sic) wants.

That seems to warrant a very serious question - why is there child malnutrition and why are there children going hungry every day in the USA™?

Perhaps Cubans, as a part of their collective conscience, care more about people (children in particular) than do Americans, and, because of this trait, they have enacted a system of government that represents this conscience.

Having lived in both Cuba and the USA™, I believe that this is the case.

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[Braulio]

14. I don't think we know what Cubans want

It's hard to tell what the Cubans want, they don't get to state their opinion openly. However, I sincerely doubt there's a lot of support for the current regime. It has made them so very very poor.

[Judi Lynn]

15. "We" don't, Mika does know. You're out of your depth. n/t

[Downwinder]

2. Could that be because they don't use high fructose corn syrup? n/t

[Downwinder]

10. Got the reply in the wrong place. I'll try again. n/t

[silverweb]

3. K&R

:kick:

[roody]

5. Less access to junk food is a great thing for people's nutrition.

[Braulio]

18. That's right

But people should be free to decide whether to eat too much or not. In a communist country like Cuba, they're skinny and lack food because the regime is a failure. They are repressive, abusive, led by a megalomaniac with a missing behind.

[Judi Lynn]

19. That's not what DU travellers and frequent Cuba travelers have said. Not at ALL.

Cuba also has HEALTHIER children than we do here. Better birth stats, and at the least, comparable longevity stats.

Can't imagine where you are getting your claims. We all know better than that.

http://www.echodhaiti.com.nyud.net:8090/graphics/culture/haiti_cuba/cuba_children.jpg http://www.havanatimes.org.nyud.net:8090/wp-content/gallery/people/cuban-children.jpg

http://www.thegully.com.nyud.net:8090/essays/cuba/cuba_img/cubakids.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8090/_qFBGyY-0KLU/RaOiiNFyuvI/AAAAAAAAAHk/RHnaKOWepv0/s400/Cuban+School+Kids.jpg

[bemildred]

20. Clearly the UN Children's Fund is some sort of Communist tool.

:sarcasm: